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Researcher · Kenyon College · United States

Richard A. Melanson

Richard A. Melanson publishes mostly in Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Cultural Studies, on topics such as American Constitutional Law and Politics, Vietnamese History and Culture Studies and International Relations and Foreign Policy.

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World rank
#872,256
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#288,548
of 1,627,098
Works
63
Citations
288
Citations per work
4.6
h-index
9
i10-index 9Top 22% in Political Science and International Relations
Richard A. Melanson

What does Richard A. Melanson research?

Richard A. Melanson's work is mostly in Social Sciences (82%), Arts and Humanities (3%), Psychology (3%).

Social Sciences: 55 works · 87.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 51 works · 81.7% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 31 works · 49.5% of their workSociology and Political Science: 16 works · 25.7% of their workCultural Studies: 2 works · 3.7% of their workDemography: 2 works · 2.8% of their workArts and Humanities: 2 works · 2.8% of their workHistory: 2 works · 2.8% of their workPsychology: 2 works · 2.8% of their workClinical Psychology: 2 works · 2.8% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 12.7% of their workTHEIR WORKRichard A.Melanson63works
Social Sciences87%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5181.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities22.8%
    3. Psychology22.8%
  2. Everything else812.7%
  1. 1Political Science and International Relations50% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science26% of their works
  3. 3Cultural Studies4% of their works
  4. 4History3% of their works
  5. 5Demography3% of their works
  6. 6Clinical Psychology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard A. Melanson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Diplomacy, Culture, Gender, Global Governance, International Law, Nationalism, Colonialism and Globalization.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Diplomacy202 topics
  2. Culture172 topics
  3. Gender172 topics
  4. Global Governance172 topics
  5. International Law172 topics
  6. Nationalism172 topics
  7. Colonialism162 topics
  8. Globalization162 topics
  9. American founding131 topic
  10. Constitutional government131 topic
  11. Society131 topic
  12. Vietnam131 topic
  13. International Institutions121 topic
  14. Power121 topic
  15. Australia81 topic
  16. European Union81 topic
  17. Private Security Companies51 topic
  18. Privatized Military Industry51 topic
  19. Caribbean41 topic
  20. Climate Consequences41 topic
  21. Dancehall41 topic
  22. Nuclear War41 topic
  23. Human Rights31 topic
  24. Humanitarianism31 topic

Where does Richard A. Melanson work?

Richard A. Melanson's main affiliation in the publication record is Kenyon College, United States.

How many publications and citations does Richard A. Melanson have?

OpenAlex counts 63 works and 288 citations for Richard A. Melanson, an h-index of 9, ranking #872,256 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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